Monday, September 3, 2012

Modified stem of a plant

Potatoes are modified for food storage.

Phloem

Trees are examples because vascular tissues send sugar down the leaves.

Modified leaf of a plant

Onions are an example of leaves of a plant because its layers act as modified leaves.

Homologous structure

This dog leg is an example because this leg and a humans leg are similar because of common ancestry.

pollinator

This bee is a pollinator because it carries pollen from one plant to another.

Niche

This is a niche of an ant hole because it lives there.

Commensalism

This butterfly is a part of commensalism because the type of relationship between two species of a plant or animal in which one lives in another without damage to either. The butterflies food is this leaf.

Modified root of a plant

Carrots are an example because they are large tap roots that are modified for food and water storage.

archaebacteria

Boiling water is an example of archaebacteria because it has microorganisms that are similar to bacteria in size of structure but radically diffferent in molecular organizations.

hermaphrodite

This rose is an hermaphrodite because its a bisexual plant and has large petals.

Hydrophilic

Salt is an example of hydrophilic because it absorbs moisture.

gibberellins

Grapes are an example of gibberellins because they are a plant that has horomones that regulate growth and influence various development processes.

Calvin Cycle

These sweet potatoes are an example of the calvin cycle because they have biochemical redox reactions that take place in the stroma of chloroplasts in photosynthetic organisms.

Rhizome

This asparagus is a rhizome because it is a stem of a plant that is usually found underground.

Eukaryote

This will be the rest of my pictures.

This plant is made of complex cells with organelles in cytoplasm.


Saturday, September 1, 2012

Long-Day Plant: Lettuce, a plant that flowers only after being exposed to light periods longer than a certain critical length, as in summer.

Hydrophobic: Olive Oil, fails to mix with water.

Fermentation:  The process of converting sugar to carbon dioxide and alcohol with yeast. To make wine, grapes are crushed and fermented.

Ethylene: Ethylene gas is the ripening agent that occurs naturally in nature. It causes fruits to ripen & decay.  Ethylene gas turns Bananas yellow and then brown.

CAM Plant:
Pineapple, a plant that undergoes a form of photosynthesis known as crassulacean acid metabolism, in which carbon dioxide is taken up only at night.

Thursday, August 30, 2012

The Hot Zone Part Four:

This section wasnt really thrilling or interesting to me. Also that in this section it shows how aids consiste=s of multiple strains inside an effected human which makes it difficult to find a cure for. I learned Ebola like aids can be sexually tranmitted. That elephants teach their young to scrape salt off the cave walls. Viruses like cold, dark, dusty polaces to live in. Viruses could possibly be a way for nature to control the large population of the human parasite. If the sciencetists did find something iin Kitum cave exactly what would they have done with the thing they found?
The Hot Zone Part Three:

 I thought this specific section was very interesting because when they all thought that the man who cut himself with the scalpal would be effected didnt really have any effect by the cut. I learned that the bricks inside the effected cells is the filovirus. Also that there was only one way to know if Ebola died in the building by the fryers killing the other bacteria. What id really like to know is just how does a virus survive through the air?
The Hot Zone Part two:

It was very interesting but i felt really bad when Dalgard killed the uneffected monkeys. Also a bit disgusted by the strange things C.J Peters has eaten when he went abroad. That viruses have "offspring" that are like crystals. They pack into a cell. Also for testing you can make the bacteria glow in the tubes by uv lights. If any filovirus were to "attack" the U.S would this plan be the guidelines of how the army and rest of the country would handle the situation?
The Hot Zone Part one:

 I thought the book right away was a very interesting book. The first part is very captivating it explains the threats of ebola in a very amusing way. I learned that ebola has many different names from where they came from also that it is similar to Marburg. Also that there are three spaces you can bleed through which was very interesting to me. What is a biosaftery level and exactly what determines the level? How is it that a virus cal travel through the air to another host?

Hydrophilic

Hydrophilic substances dissolve in water, such as salt and sugar.
Hydrophobic substances, such as sand, do not dissolve in water.

Amniotic Egg

Amniotic eggs are laid by Reptiles, birds, and mammals. They consist of a protective outer shell, with small holes for oxygen, with air and waste filtration structures inside, along with yolk for nutrients for the organism.

C3 Plant

C3 Plants transform Carbon Dioxide into a compound with three Carbon atoms to be used in photosynthesis. C3 plants are generally found in areas with temperate climates.

Wheat, which was used to make these breads, is a C3 plant.

Basidiomycete



The Basidiomycetes are a Phylum of Fungi, which includes Puffballs, Stinkhorns, and these Mushrooms.

Lipid used for Energy Storage

Lipids are the strongest source of energy, although not processed as quickly by the body as carbohydrates. They are generally stored as fat in animals, and oil in plants.

These sticks of butter are lipids.